US farmers say Trump’s $12bn package not enough to undo damage from tariffs
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But is it enough to help the farmers forget about it come election time?
They’re cultural Republicans
Nothing would change the way they vote, nothing
I mean, what choice do they even have? Vote for the DEMONcrats?!??
/s
You have voters who are so brainwashed that even if they fully believe that Trump screwed them will still vote for the next GOP candidate.
At best, they will stay home and refuse to vote.
They have a proud heritage of voting to get kicked in the nuts by Republicans and blaming Democrats for it. Please respect their idiotic decisions.
The common clay of the new West.
In other words…
Morons
Asking the real questions!
But all a challenger has to do is remind them that Argentina got $80b from their “America First” president.
Doubtful, full price is what 28 billion in loss.
It's all the Democrats' fault, so vote MAGA again.
I'm tired of bailing them out every time they decide to screw me at election time.
I feel like farmers probably voted for Trump, so they should probably just live with the consequences.
Idk I think they should try pulling themselves up by their bootstraps instead of accepting a government handout
American farmers are just lazy and don't want to work anymore.
So the people that voted for this are demanding more of a payoff.
That's why they voted for this.
Well, that and the in-group virtue signaling, and all the racism.
If you voted for Trump, you shouldn't get a dime.
He gave argentina more than double that
While shutting down food for poor Americans. Argentina needed the money more.
Yeah, that's the point. It's called corruption.
Then stop voting for facists assholes. I hope every last farmer ends up in trump’s for profit homeless prisons
But they are fascist assholes
Many of them are just really stupid.
They're ungrateful socialist.
12 billion and leopards to eat their faces, the nerve.
Did you vote for him?
Then this is all on you.
Have the day you voted for!
No shit , this administration is the dumbest in history.
I’m sure the tariff refund. The check for like a month of healthcare. The DOGE refund. Will solve all of their issues.
Yeah I agree. Cheering this on feels good, because fuck Trump and fuck Trump voters, but it is so shortsighted.
The remaining small- and medium-sized farms are going to go under, and get bought up by the big Ag firms. We are speeding straight towards a monopoly on farming in this country.
The consequences of an Ag monopoly will be devastating for the environment, devastating for the economy, and devastating for anyone who wants to eat healthy food.
Remember those feelings around election time. More importantly remind them.
We’re all frustrated by devastation to the economy, the environment, our reputation and influence in the world. Some of us are getting really anxious about our longer term position in the sciences and technology, our culture, our law and justice, of what’s going to remain after the looters are gone, whether they somehow become a “political dynasty”.
But we didn’t vote for this and it’s getting much tougher to have sympathy for those who did this to all of us
Were these subsidies going to small farmers though? Usually these things end up benefiting the giants.
Yea the subsidies disproportionately benefit the large corporate farms.
But they are also one of the last things keeping the small farmers solvent.
Easy to say, but how do you get those farmers on board with that?